- Dave Kaplan of PG&E served as meeting facilitator
- Sidney Jubien of the CEC agreed to take minutes
- Malcom McKay, SDG&E explained that item three
of the agenda, (Discussion of Billing Information Requirements
For Aggregation) was intended to foster a discussion of the billing
information necessary to implement direct access.
- Carolyn Kehrein, CMA, proposed to add drafting
principles to the Work Plan.
- The following written materials were made available
to meeting participants at the outset: Agenda plus Workplan (M.
McKay); Workplan (C. Kehrein), Critical Dependencies handout (M.
Jaske, CEC); Notes of May 7, 1996 DAWG meeting; Meeting Announcement
for May 16, 17; Mobilehome Park Issues handout (Richard Hairston).
- Jim Solberg, REMAC/SPURR indicated that he would
like to distribute and comment on his organization's written proposal
prior to adjournment; Mike Jaske, CEC, stated that he would like
to distribute and comment briefly on two CEC handouts prior to
adjournment.
- Richard Hairston led a discussion of the questions
raised in his handout. The questions concern the fact that a majority
of Mobilehome Park owners operate their own in-park distribution
systems. Should residents of such parks have the option to participate
in direct access? Or should only the owner/operator have the option,
subject to private agreements between the owner/operator and the
park's residents.
- Writing Assignment No. 1.
Mr. Hairston agreed to provide a written proposal on behalf of
his organization by May 22. All interested participants are invited
to submit their own proposals/comments.
- For purposes of discussion, the group agreed to
the following definitions: Direct Access (DA) refers to bi-lateral
contracts scheduled through the scheduling coordinator; Virtual
Direct Access (VDA) refers to the pass-through to the customer
of the hourly spot market price. (The group agreed that a form
of "traditional service" would also be available to
consumers that would not require RTP meters.)
- The group did not come to a consensus as to the
informational requirements for DA or VDA and/or whether the informational
requirements were the same and/or more or less for either option.
- Utility representatives suggested that (1) VDA
requires meters capable of measuring the consumers hourly consumption
and that (2) DA requires the same information plus the capability
of communicating that information back to the ISO for settlement
purposes (comparing consumption to generation input on an hourly
basis between parties to bi-lateral contracts).
- Other participants suggested that use of load profiling
might reduce or simplify the informational requirements of DA.
Many responded that use of load profiling would result in cost-shifting
and would therefore be inconsistent with the CPUC's Dec. 20, 1995
policy decision.
- Participants discussed the extent to which information
collected by the ISO and/or distribution companies should be passed-on
to other market participants.
- Writing Assignment No. 2.
Carolyn Kehrein agreed to draft a proposal concerning load forecasts,
load profiling, metering and settlements by May 22, 1996. All
interested participants are invited to submit their own proposals/comments.
- Writing Assignment No. 3.
A representative from So. Cal Int'l agreed
to comment on franchise fee collection. (Please note the apparent
duplication of writing assignments 3 and 7. If anyone took more
accurate notes, please inform me-Sidney Jubien CEC at (916) 753-4234--and
I will post a revised set of minutes.) All interested participants
are invited to submit their own proposals/comments.
- C. Kehrein discussed the seven drafting principles outlines in her hand-out:
1. Draft as we go;
2. Discussions should be based on drafts or written presentations;
3. Team has opportunity to comment/revise interim drafts;
4. Completed drafts to full committee on August 1;
5. Draft and information exchange occurs between meetings;
6. Comments should be in alternate language form when possible;
7. Editorial function should be to insure consistency
of format, improve clarity, and fix grammar, not make major substantive
changes. There were no objections.
- For the near term, written distributions should
be e-mailed to either Sean Casey or Lynn Maack who will post it
on DRA's web site. DRA's web site address is: http//162.15.5.2/wk.group.
Mike Jaske indicated that it would be at least two weeks before
the CEC web site were available to the group.
- The following persons indicated their need to be
faxed information: Jim Solberg at (510) 743-1014; Barbara Barkovich
at (510) 450-0175 and Tony Wayne at (310) 823-8734.
- Writing Assignment No. 4. Tony Wayne, gas aggregator,
and Gary Schoonyan, SCE, offered to draft comments addressing
the needs/concerns of aggregators with respect to the Scheduling
Coordinator and the information needs for billing and settlement.
Carolyn Kehrein indicated that she would request comments from
ENRON.
- Writing Assignment No. 5. Barbara Barkovich, Mike
Jaske and SCE will prepare comments addressing which entity will
"interface with the system," the Scheduling Coordinator,
the Aggregator, or both.
- Writing Assignment No. 6. Gary Schoonyan agreed
to draft comments on the "Delineation of Guidelines for being
a Scheduling Coordinator."
- Writing Assignment No. 7.. A representative from
the City of San Jose offered to draft a piece discussing franchise
fees.
- Mike Jaske discussed the critical dependencies hand-out and
noted that two additional CEC affiliated handouts were available
for participants for future discussion and comment: a draft report
on information access prepared by a diverse study team and a CEC
proposal for dealing with access to information.
- Jim Solberg discussed his written proposal for an "implementation project".